Juan Román Riquelme (born June 24, 1978 in San Fernando de La Buena Vista, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine men's professional footballer who plays as a forward.
<h3>Club career</h3>
Boca Youth
Juan Roman Riquelme
Boca Juniors' manager at the time was Carlos Bianchi, the coach nicknamed "Governor" who gave Riquelme great trust, and Maradona's no.e. no doubt worn by Riquelme, who was only 20 years old at the time.
From 1996 to 2002, during riquelme's six years of playing for Boca Juniors, Boca Juniors, with him as the core tactic, began to sweep the Argentine domestic league, winning two spring league and one autumn league title, and reaching the peak in the club's history in 2000, because in this year, Boca regained the Copa Libertadores de Libertadores, which had been lost for 22 years, and Riquelme also won the most important game of his career in this year. At the Tokyo National Stadium, in the 2000 Intercontinental Cup (later renamed the Club World Cup), Riquelme, who was only 22 years old at the time, surprised the world, Martin Palermo's two goals came from his assists, Boca finally defeated the powerful Real Madrid 2:1, won the Toyota Cup for the first time in the club's history, riquelme also became famous, reaching the first peak of his career.
Barcelona
In June 2002, Riquelme landed at the Camp Nou for a transfer fee of €11 million. Although Barcelona pays him five times the annual salary of Boca in the past, Riquelme has only one reason to move to Barcelona, his idol Maradona once made a brilliant achievement here, and Barcelona fans also hope that Maradona's successor can lead Barca to a championship trophy that has not been touched for four years. But Riquelme's first enemy in Spain was the team coach at the time, the Dutch iron-fisted coach Louis van Gaal, who emphasized physical confrontation, obviously did not like Riquelme's soft style of play, and the No. 10 shirt left by Rivaldo soon became the decoration in Riquelme's wardrobe. With 30 league appearances and three goals, Barca have lived through the era of Louis van Gaal and Antioch in turmoil.
Villarreal
In June 2003, Barcelona welcomed joan Laporta, the youngest president in the club's history, the young president welcomed the young manager Rijkaard, the young manager brought in the younger Brazilian talented player Ronaldinho, the arrival of Ronaldinho Jr. made Riquelme a complete victim, Riquelme was loaned to the "yellow submarine" Villarreal. Soon, a group of South American players such as Argentine national team captain Juan Solin, Uruguayan star Diego Fran, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Luciano Figueroa, Marcos Senna, Gonzalo Rodríguez and a number of other South American players came to the love song stadium, and Riquelme found the core feeling in this small club.
At Villarreal, Riquelme's central role was fully utilized, the nameless ball in La Liga will be in the world's attention, and the "yellow submarine" will rise in the league rankings and finally finish third at the end of the 04-05 season. This season Riquelme and Diego Fran have worked together seamlessly, winning 3-0 at home to Barcelona, and Romain has taken perfect revenge on Barca.
On 26 April 2006, Riquelme led Villarreal through the Champions League, but in the semi-final against Arsenal he missed a penalty opportunity, "Yellow Diving also missed the Champions League final.
Return to Boca Youth
In the 2006–07 season, Villarreal's performance declined, and Riquelme also had a conflict with the then head coach Manuel Pellegrini, who was cold-handed by the coach for several months on February 9, 2007, riquelme was loaned to Boca Juniors for a period of four months. On 21 June 2007, Riquelme won two dollars to help Boca Juniors win 2–0 away to Gremio in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final. After the end of the loan period, his contradictions with Pelagrini remained unresolved, and it was only a matter of time before he left the yellow submarine.
On December 10, 2007, the Argentine Boca Youth Team officially announced riquelme's transfer, and the two sides signed a 30-month (2.5-year) contract for a transfer fee of about $15 million. But according to FIFA's ruling, Riquelme will not be able to represent Boca in the Club World Cup in Japan next month. Riquelme previously played for Villarreal in La Liga. On July 29, 2010, after lengthy negotiations, Riquelme renewed his contract with Boca Juniors for four years. The 29-year-old will continue to ride the candy court. In March 2011, Riquelme finally emerged from a long-term injury and helped the team win with free kicks in two consecutive rounds.
<h3>National team career</h3>
At the 1997 U20 World Junior Championships, Riquelme showed himself to the world for the first time. Many of the people in that team became the core members of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, such as Aimar and Cambiasso. Under the leadership of "Argentine football godfather" Peckerman, Argentina successfully reached the top. However, Riquelme's career with the national team did not go well.
Bielsa period
In the 1999 Copa America, the 21-year-old "Romain" participated in the big tournament for the first time, when Argentina did not send all the main forces, attacking the line, Riquelme and Ortega jointly started. In Bielsa's 3313 formation, Riquelme played as a striker, the only time he played a major match with Ortega. It was a Copa America that belonged to Rivaldo and Brazil, leaving Argentina fans with only bitter memories of Argentine "mad" striker Palermo conceding penalties three times in one game. Later, Marcelo Bielsa, then head coach of the Argentine national team, gradually abandoned Riquelme and excluded him from the big list for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, citing too slow pace. All that's left for The Romans are irrelevant friendlies.
On 30 April 2003, riquelme scored his first goal for the National Team of Argentina (La Selección Argentina Nacional) in an international friendly match against Libya. Subsequently, he was not offered the opportunity to participate in the 2004 Copa America in Peru. Argentina's main striker at the time was D'Alessandro, nicknamed "Big Head". Argentina were equalised in the final minute by the magical Adriano, and the two sides went into a penalty shoot-out, with the Argentines once again hating it.
Peckermann period
After leading the team to a bloodless gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Bielsa made an unexpected decision to resign as head coach of the Argentine national team, and the Argentine Football Association decided to be replaced by Peckermann. Peckerman's appointment gave the "yellow submarine" 8 a real chance to prove himself to the world. Peckerman re-recruited Riquelme and established Riquelme's absolute forward position: "How Riquelme plays, Argentina plays. So Argentina in the 2006 Germany World Cup qualifiers, all the way to the top, Riquelme also played well in the front of the position, with many wonderful assists and goals. On September 5, 2005, Argentina faced a qualifying match with Brazil at the El Estadió Monumental in the capital Buenos Aires, where Argentina won 3–1, with Riquelme taking control of the midfield and escaping the entanglement of two opposing defenders in the first half to help Argentina qualify early.
In 2005 Riquelme accompanied the team to the Confederations Cup in Germany, the Argentine group from the stage all the way to the final, in the final Argentina lost 1:4 to the feet of the old rival Brazil, substitute No. 10 player Aimar scored the only goal for Argentina. Riquelme was named The Silver Ball of the Best Player in this cup.
The following year, Riquelme competed in the World Cup in Germany as Argentina's new No. 10. Argentina played a delightful artistic football under his leadership, with the midfielder's 26-foot pass-and-score being named the best goal of the World Cup by FIFA. After the game, some foreign media even used 26 onomatopoeia such as "bang" to describe this exquisite team cooperation. Riquelme delivered a wonderful assist in a quarter-out match against Germany, and Argentina was blocked from the top 4 in the ensuing penalty shootout.
Basile period
After the World Cup, Riquelme was criticized by fans and subsequently withdrew from the national team on the grounds of caring for his sick mother. At this time, Roman performed well in Boca, helping Boca youth to win the Copa Libertadores once again. With basile's appointment, Riquelme was re-selected for the Argentine national team. "Coconut" once again recruited his old player in Boca into the national team for the Copa America in 2007. Riquelme continued his good form at the club and helped Argentina reach the final. He scored four goals in this tournament, including a header he was not good at. But Argentina again lost to Brazil in the final, with Riquelme missing out on the equaliser by hitting the upright in the first half.
After the 2007 Copa America, Riquelme returned to Villarreal, but the conflict with the manager left him with no ball to play, but he was in amazing shape in the national team. On 14 October 2007, when Argentina hosted Chile in the second round of the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, Riquelme, who had no club game to play, scored two free-kicks to help the team beat their opponents 2–0 at home.
In August 2008, Riquelme was selected for the Argentine Olympic team as three overage players, and under the leadership of the 1986 champion Batista, Argentina successfully defended its title and won the gold medal in the men's football team at the Beijing Olympic Games. In the semi-finals, Argentina beat Brazil 3-0 and Riquelme scored a penalty.
Maradona period
On 17 October 2008, after a 1–0 away defeat to Chile, Basile announced his resignation due to a loss of control over the dressing room. The Football Association announced Maradona's appointment. At the beginning of his tenure, Argentina's new coach did not include Boca's midfielder in the big list for matches with Scotland and France, which made Riquelme very unhappy. The two then contradicted Riquelme's positioning in the national team, with Riquelme throwing out a harsh sentence: "As long as Maradona is the head coach of the national team, I will not come back." Surprisingly, Riquelme's name still appears in the World Cup qualifiers squad with Venezuela. Before the qualifying rounds and peru's life-and-death battle, Maradona told the media that "he wants to come back, he can do it at any time", but Riquelme chose a tough attitude. With Argentina successfully qualifying from the World Cup qualifiers, the midfielder lost the opportunity to play in the World Cup in South Africa.
Return to the national team to regain the dawn?
In the early morning of July 28, 2010 Beijing time, the Argentine Football Association officially announced that it would not renew his contract with Maradona, and Maradona would no longer serve as the head coach of the Argentine national team. Batista, who led Argentina to a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, will temporarily lead Argentina to a friendly match against Ireland in August as acting manager. Batista said: "Unfortunately, there is some contradiction between Romain and Diego. But Roman and I were friends. If Romain returns to form, of course there will be a chance to be called up to the national team. Unfortunately, Riquelme was not selected for the 23-man squad for the 2011 Copa America, and Argentina also lost a penalty in a quarter-of-the-way match against Uruguay.
12th in the Boca League
"The Last Classical Master" Riquelme ended his otaku life for 8 months and will re-dress up for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Autumn League this Sunday! Boca boss Bianchi promised to change the team's tactics for Riquelme, more importantly because the 12th-place league dilemma made Riquelme himself unable to sit still.
<h3>Announced retirement</h3>
On January 25, 2015, Riquelme officially announced his retirement, and the last classical forward in world football finally decided to say goodbye to football.
This article was co-edited by headline wikipedia user Bradari.